The Press., 1887-09-15
COVENTRY.

COVENTRY. l A. a PARKER. Local Editor and Business Manager T of Coventry Local Register. 70
 Sunday Rev. H. R. Hoisington of North Coventry preached at the Oongre- gational. and Presiding Elder Edson at the M. E. church. a4 s-ss.
 School meeting in district 2 Saturday evening. tLs-' 5
 .-Creamery business is booming and is the principal topic of talk among the farm ers. Trading butter for salt fish is to be thing of the past, and plenty of money to buy fresh meat from the butcher may be an indirect way to encourage the raising of sheep. as mutton will thus become an article of food on the farmers table.
 -Chas. Franklin has returned to Hop River store to have charge of the post and express offices.
 Several cases typhoid fever at Hop River. Dr. E. P Flint regular physician in attendance. " @.'.'
 -E. l.. Hutchinson has his ensilage s'siloed' in three-fourth lengths instead of full length stalks as last year.
 At the annual meeting to elect trustees for the M. B. church, If. N. Newell and J. H. Freeman were elected for two years, J. D. Wilson. Albert Woodworth and Geo. Parker for three yea1s. h'"
 The bear swamp road at last has ''been gone over' by the road men, or at least we saw one of the employees going in that di- rection with hoe. ...-.. .5 a-.
 Wild grapes are abundant and of ex- cellent quality.
 The Misses Lynch have returned to thelr place of business in Mass.
 Samuel Stone and wife of Bolton vis- tied at Geo. Parker's recently. MT. s. is the inventor of the neverslip horse shoe.
 The beans in Coventry were not all planted in the full of the moon, judging by the profuse foliage. The Sunday beam pot the coming winter will have to be filled by beans grown elsewhere. Some one might lay the foundation of 8 fortune by acting upon the foregoing hint. | J. J. Franklin put in penstock for the Cartridge Go. last week, and what is unusual in that kind of work it proved per fectly tight when first filled with water. MT. F. commences thorough repairs on the buildings of MT. Bonghton, Columbia, this week.
 Mrs. Geo. Kenyon is spending some time with her parents in Glastonbury.
 Clay pigeon shooting is in order at present.
 D. M. Buell., for several years the principal merchant here, but for about thirty years a resident of Hebron, is to be buried in the Nathan Hale cemetery to- day. He died at the residence of his brother, Charles, in Hebron, after an ill- ness of six weeks.
 A strike occurred recently at Woods mill, caused by the discharge of a work man, member of the K. of L..
 -J. MsWood has the sciatic rheumatism.
 HI. F. Dimock is having great i'm provements made on the Booth farm, re- moving the wall between mowings, cutting brush in pastures, etc.
 A few years since we made an item of nice grapes grown by 8 resident, and the night following its publication all those grapes were stolen. It is 8 fact, that knowledge of the locality of fine fruit leads to it's loss, and theft of fruit is treated as if it were the right division of property.
 -Lucian Hicks and E. l.. Hutchinson visited the state fair at Meriden yesterday. HOLLAND. (FRoM "RETsEL.") A number were baptized at the M. B. church last Sunday. Geo. F. Brown has been heard from :; he wrote person here from Kansas City, Mo-, but did not say when he should re- turn to Holland.
 ID. Henry Benton has started with a meat cart, and proposes to run about four days in week, and will visit Willington. We wish him success in his new venture.
 Mrs. c. R. Hicks and daughter, Miss Minnie, and Mrs. H. F. Downing, of Springfield, are at the old homestead.
 The superior court was adjourned Thursday, after the trial of Frank O'Brien (whom the jury did not think guilty of rape. He will probably be tried for adultery or fornication, to Rockville-Monday- where but little business was done, some naturalization papers were issued, and ad- iourned to Holland, Tuesday, at 10 o'clock.
 -Wm. Johnson has fine lot of peaches in his orchard.
 Mrs. l.. Fl. Reed was elected Flora at Pomona Grange, No. 3, organized at Man chester last week.